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The Bus

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In 2006 I purchased a retrofitted 1963 Gillig schoolbus that resided as a motorhome. It had a 535 cubic inch gasoline burning engine, and lots and lots of wood paneling when I bought it. I had it for about a year… doing some renovations and taking it out to Burning Man in 2006. But the [...]

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Burning Man 2005

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The upcoming fire art show started me remembering about my firs trip to Burning Man and the impressions it made on me. I was living in Ohio at the time and remember buying my tickets on a cold January afternoon.. refresh, refresh, refresh, yay TICKETS! Then I was fairly quiet for the coming months until [...]

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Chillits 2007

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Outside of Willits, California there exists a small private retreat where Chillits is held. I had the chance to go in 2007 with Calamity. Calamity was selected as one of the DJ’s for that year’s event. It was the second time I ran into a number of the people who were at the Field Day [...]

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My First Regional Burn

The first sign you encounter at the event

The past weekend I went to the 2009 Florida PreHeat regional Burning Man event.    About 500 people were in attendance (or so I heard) at a ranch in Lakeland, Florida having come from places as far away as Miami or Atlanta.   From my experience it was closer to one of the weekend campouts [...]

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The Prisoner

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My first brush with the series came at a 2005 Halloween party in San Francisco. The woman I was dating at the time noticed someone dressed in blue pants, deck shoe, and dark blue jacket with white piping and cried out “The Prisoner”. I thought to myself… doesn’t look like a prisoner.. she must have [...]